Can The State Garnish Wages For Child Support If I Move?

Question: My child support is currently being garnished from my paycheck because I owe back child support. I am now moving out of state and was wondering how child support enforcement would work. Can the state that issued my child support orders still garnish my paycheck for arrears if I …

Money Made Easy: Asset Protection In Divorce

Asset protection is an area of law in which your attorney works with you to ensure that the assets you have worked to accumulate are legally safeguarded. Divorce is a major financial event that can have repercussions for years to come, as it often is difficult to financially recover once …

Discourse On Discovery: Request for Production of Documents

By Nathan A. Hacker Indianapolis Divorce Lawyer The request for production of documents is the type of discovery that you see in the movies where guys are pushing carts full of bankers boxes out of office buildings. Each box has thousands of pages in it and some poor summer associate …

Modifying Child Support If Custody Schedule Changes

Question: How can I modify child support payments if the child custody schedule has changed? My teenage son has moved out of his mother’s house and now lives with me, yet I am still paying my ex-wife child support. How can I have my child support payments to my ex-wife …

Splitting Extracurricular Expenses When One Party Disagrees With The Costs

Question: In our original divorce agreement, my ex and I agreed to split “reasonable” extracurricular expenses that we agreed upon. However, we do not share the same opinion of what is “reasonable.” She recently sent me a large bill that I cannot afford to pay for half of my son’s …

What Social Media Evidence Is Admissible In Divorce Cases?

By Sara Pitcher Noblesville, Indiana Divorce Lawyer In this age, it should be no surprise that technological advances are having impacts on countless areas of life that were, in the past, totally devoid of any involvement with technology. This holds especially true for family law cases where social media evidence …

Can A Spouse’s Quick Remarriage Set Aside The Divorce Judgment?

Question: I would like to know my options for modifying my divorce decree or setting aside the divorce judgment due to my wife’s quick remarriage. In our divorce agreement, I agreed to pay an amount of support as a “gift” above the monthly child support payments. However, my ex-wife has …

Making Education Decisions For The Child During Separation

Question: My wife and I in a separation period, though still legally married. My wife and her mother (my mother-in-law) are trying to change my son’s school district, presumably closer to my wife so she would have a better chance at getting custody. My wife is also planning on giving …

How Much Of My Military Retirement Does My Wife Get?

Question: My military divorce question is about division of military retirement plans. I am a retired member of the U.S. Army and have been in the military for decades, including many years before I got married. My estranged wife says she is entitled to 50% of my military retirement. Is …

The Politician Behind New Jersey Alimony Reform

Alimony reform is gaining national momentum as states such as Massachusetts have enacted much-needed updates to archaic alimony laws, while other states, including New Jersey and Florida, are looking to do the same. This DadsDivorce Live episode’s guest is Republican Assemblyman Sean Kean, one of the driving forces behind alimony …